2000 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Worldwide

See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s

Foothill elaenia Myiopagis olallai from Ecuador and Peru is described as new to science in The Wilson Bulletin
Caatinga antwren Herpsilochmus sellowi from Brazil is described as new to science in the American journal The Auk
Taiwan bush-warbler Bradypterus alishanensis is described as new to science in the American journal The Auk
Scarlet-banded barbet Capito wallacei is described as new to science.

Four pairs of Chinese crested terns are found breeding on the Matsu Islands, the first sighting anywhere in the world since 1991.

To be completed

To be completed

Two zitting cisticolas in Dorset are the third and fourth for Britain.
A Swinhoe's storm petrel near Aberdeen in July is the first for Scotland and eighth for Britain.
Britain's first Siberian blue robin is seen in Suffolk during October.
Britain's first long-tailed shrike is found in the Outer Hebrides in November.

A blue-winged warbler at Cape Clear in October is the first record for Europe.^[2]

To be completed

To be completed

To be completed

^ "Celebrating 30 years of Birdfair: 3 decades of global conservation impact". Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ Kruger, Chuck. "A Blue-winged Warbler: a personal account". Retrieved 4 October 2011.

Years in birding and ornithology:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003